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UK: Aldi is introducing flat bottle wine
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has launched the UK's first wine in flat PET bottles. The product is offered under the Chapter & Verse private label. With the new bottles, it has become possible to optimize the space in the store and in the warehouse. The new flat bottles are made from 100% recycled raw materials. Even though a single bottle weighs just 63g, which is seven times lighter than a standard glass bottle, Aldi claims that it is also seven times stronger yet unbreakab
Mar 23, 20241 min read


Germany: Grocery retail fireworks sale 2023
Fireworks have a long tradition in many countries. While Germany welcomes the New Year with fireworks, in the USA the 4th of July, in...
Jan 8, 20247 min read


Germany: Aldi Nord's wine presentation only in cartons
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Nord maintains its linear block wine presentation in carton boxes. This is makes it very characteristic, in...
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Germany: Schwarz expands its vertical integration within the bread category
Schwarz Produktion, owned by Lidl's mother company Schwarz Group, wants to acquire the ARTiBack GmbH from Halle in Germany. At the moment...
Nov 10, 20231 min read


Netherlands: Wibra's KVI is their PL brand Dasty and brings in millions in profit
Discount Textile Retail Chain Wibra has compared to 2021, 2022 "a financially good year". The corona restrictions were limited to the first two weeks of that year – after which the shops were allowed to reopen. And customers could finally turn to Wibra again for the "Dasty": Wibra's immensely popular miracle cleaning private label product category. As CEO Bas Duijsens told RetailTrends: "What the smoked sausage is to HEMA, Dasty is to Wibra." The annual accounts filed last we
Nov 9, 20232 min read


USA: Aldi has grown meat sales with nearly 50%
Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA (German family owned) has managed to achieve growth within the meat category over the past. As meat and...
Sep 8, 20233 min read


UK: Iceland trials plastic-free and ‘reduced plastic’ packaging for potatoes and fish
Discount Frozen Foods Retail Chain Iceland latest moves have the potential to save 96 tonnes of plastic a year. It has extended its...
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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